However, a settlement seems to have been reached as
quickly as the scandal itself arose.

The logo features a dill sprig drawing by Ukrainian
freelance artist Andriy Yermolenko, who originally designed it in 2014 as a
symbol for a Ukrainian volunteer battalion.

Yermolenko discovered that it had been used for the
party’s logo when parliament member and one of Ukrop’s founders, Andriy
Denysenko, posted a photo of the party’s banner on Facebook on June 17.

Outraged that his design had been stolen, the artist
promised to go to court.

In another country I would be very rich now,” he wrote
before the settlement. “And in Ukraine I feel like a fool who was robbed. I
created an emblem for our soldiers, not for some parties I don’t even trust!”

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But by the next day, Ukrop’s leader, Gennady Korban,
wrote on Facebook that the problem with the logo had been solved.

We made a deal,” he told Kyiv Post, refusing to
provide more details.

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